Tuesday, July 28, 2015

07-28-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, July 28th, and this is the Jive
at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming
here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica, independent
and local public affairs by day, and the best in free-form community
programming week-nights and weekends.

I'm Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on Healthcare.

Here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week:

The City Arts Office and the Middletown Commission on the
Arts continue their Summer Sounds Series on Tuesday, bringing you standards and
polkas performed by The Musical Cavaliers. Information on access and
parking, as well as the full summer lineup, can be found athttp://www.arts2go.org.

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, tonight you can catch some New
Orleans Funk and soul with Dr. John and the Nite Trippers. Thursday they
bring you reggae, headlining Jah-9, along with Dubtronic Kru. On Friday,
Girls, Guns and Glory take the stage, with special guests The Mallett Brothers,
bringing you Country Rock. On Saturday you can catch some laughs with A
Christian, A Muslim and a Jew, or Two Comedy show.http://www.infinityhall.com

Down in New Haven tonight, at Café Nine, you can catch Jose
Oyola and the Astronauts, Ceschi, and more. Wednesday they continue with
Astrophest Day 2, featuring Joey Batts and Them, Chaser Eight, and
others. On Thursday they’ve got David Poe, Winterpills, and Sam Perduta.
Friday’s Happy Hour features The Helwigs this week, followed at 9 by Five in
the Chamber and River Whyless. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session features Mike
Coppola and Friends, with Rideyna, Mercy Choir, and The Tet Offensive coming
your way later at 9. The Sunday Soul Service (funk and soul dance party
with DJ Dooley-O) happens at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

Back up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights,
Michael Palin’s Orchestra brings you new material. Wednesday’s Blues Jam
is with Tim McDonald this week. On Friday, it’s a double-header, with
Damon Fowler and Jason Ricci taking the stage. Saturday’s headliner is The
Kinsey Report, with brothers Donald and Ralph and their legacy blues
sound. www.blackeyedsallys.com.

Tomorrow/ Wednesday, here in Middletown, the Music at the
Mansion series at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown closes their summer
series with Avenue Groove. Grounds are open at 5:30 for picnicking, with
the concert starting at 6:30. Tours of the estate happen every Wednesday
at 2. http://www.wadsworthmansion.com

Tomorrow/Wednesday Manic presents Leisure Cruise, Spectral
Fangs, and more at Bar in New Haven. www.manicproductions.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Veteran’s Writing
Group meets this Thursday at 7. Visit their website for information on summer
events, children’s activities, and more. http://www.russelllibrary.org

On Friday The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents Layers
and Frames, a Philly-based duo with world music, folk, and more. On Saturday
at 4 there’s a guitar workshop with Japanese performer/composer Hiroya
Tsukamoto. Later at 8, he performs Cinematic Guitar Poetry. On Sunday at 7, the
Great Make Believe Improv Show brings you Comedy for the Family. www.buttonwood.org

Down in New Haven at Toad’s Place on Friday, they’ve got Big
Jim’s Birthday Bash with a host of artists performing. It’s Summer
Slamfest 5 on Saturday. www.toadsplace.com

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission
every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. www.thewadsworth.org

The Connecticut Ballet brings its Summer Dance Caravan to
Middlesex Community College in Middletown on Saturday with a free open-air
performance at 7:30. Rain date is Sunday, August 2. Details at http://www.arts2go.org

This Weekend also brings one of CTs biggest summer music
festivals, The Gathering of the Vibes. This year marks the 20th anniversary of
the music fest and features a huge line up with dozens of national acts at
seaside park in Bridgeport. Highlights include Warren Haynes, String Cheese
incident, Zappa plays Zappa, Cole Porter, Wilco, Weezer, Johns Brown’s Body,
Sharon Jones, Ben Harper, and Greg Allman plus much more including many
regional acts. Tickets and info at https://gatheringofthevibes.com/

You can support Connecticut’s Farmer’s Markets and enjoy
healthy food while you’re at it! The East Haddam Farmer’s market happens every
Wednesday from 4 to 7, Durham’s is on Thursdays from 3 to 6. The Clinton market
is every Thursday from 4 to 7. Middletown’s North End farmers market is on
Friday from 10 to 2. There’s one in Higganum Village on Friday from 3:30 to
6:30, and in Cromwell on Friday from 4 to 7. On the shore, in Old Saybrook
markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Chester market is open on
Sundays from 10 to 1. Middletown’s long-running market on the South Green runs
Tuesdays and Thursdays through October. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on
more openings, and visit http://www.ctnofa.org for
details.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:

The Hartford Public Library’s Global Lens Film Series brings
you “Nina’s Dowry,” about a husband pursuing dowry rights in Cameroon. Full
details at http://www.hplct.org

At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the run of “Cartel Land,” a
riveting look at two vigilante groups battling the Mexican drug cartels,
continues. Also continuing is “Wild Tales,” a Spanish comedy/mystery
about the thin line between civilization and barbarism. Both run through
Thursday. On Friday they open “Beyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary,” a
documentary about LEGOs, their global fan base, and innovative uses. Also
opening is “A Borrowed Identity,” about a Palestenian boy trying to fit in with
his Jewish schoolmates at boarding school. Both run through the weekend.
http://www.realartways.org

Tonight Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues its run
of “The Farewell Party,” an Israeli comedy about nursing home residents
in Jerusalem inventing new ways to die with dignity. On Friday they open “The
Third Man,” a restoration of the 1949 classic Cold War tale that takes place in
occupied Vienna. Starring Joseph Cotton, Trevor Howard, and Orson Welles,
the restoration is released on the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Welles. Details at www.cinestudio.org

Films on Foss is a pilot open-air movie series happening in
Middletown at Foss Hill on the Wesleyan Campus. A brainchild of the
Mayoral Youth Cabinet, they’re bringing you “Frozen” this Saturday at 7. http://www.arts2go.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU, as we work our
way through our summer program line up:

Right after the jive stay tuned for nearly three hours of
folk and Americana music on Acoustic withj Michael Benson filling in for Bill
Revill.

From 8-9 pm stay tuned for Voice of theCity with J-Chery for
live and local radio presenting area artists and arts promoters

From 9-10:30 tonight, its Radio Obscura, whose hosts
claim “Radio Obscura is a gasoline powered cat purring its way through the
highways and byways of the weeks topics. Join us and. Pet the cat.”

DJ Pickup Sticks is back in the air-chair after that at
10:30 for her show, Explorers’ Hour, which offers an exploration of
rock, pop, and experimental music

at: 11:30 It's summer throwbacks withj DJ Frau
Mau.

at 12:30 stay tuned for the Church of the Subgenius

From 1:30-3am it’s
Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. Who’s got a song in his heart, a chemical
imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers.

At 3am, we will rebroadcast today’s noontime broadcast of
Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman.

The BBC world news report follows that at 4am and we begin
tomorrow’s broadcast with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.

You can find the rest of our daily schedule online at www.wesufm.org where you’ll also find a
link to our online audio stream and archives (where you can listen to any WESU
show for up to 2 weeks after it airs.

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. Tune in each and every
weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the
air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University
since 1939.